Success Story?

Another of Bush’s statements shows how he doesn’t have the slightest idea of what is going on in Iraq, or even in the rest of the world. He was wrong about WMDs, Mission Accomplished, and on and on. Has he been lied to, or is he the liar?

In March he cited the city of Tal Afar, 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, as a success story after U.S. troops regained control there last year. U.S. and Iraqi forces launched an operation in September aimed at cleansing the city of insurgents—the second such attempt in a year. Mission accomplished?

By the end of September, a woman suicide bomber slipped into a crowd of recruits, killing at least six people and wounding 30. Since then, the city has been hit by several suicide attacks. In October, a suicide bomber plowed his explosives packed vehicle into a crowded outdoor market, killing 30 and wounding 45. In March, another suicide bomber struck a joint U.S. –Iraqi military base near the city, killing at least 15 and wounding as many as 30. A Month later at least six people were killed in the city in another suicide attack.

And now, a suicide truck bomber hit a crowded public market in Tal Afar late Tuesday. The director of the city hospital said 20 people were killed and 70 injured.

This is a success story? Mission Accomplished?